Organisation of Working Time Bill 1996
Public bill · Government · Presented
Sets minimum working-time protections, including 11 hours’ daily rest, breaks during shifts, weekly rest, an average 48-hour working week, limits on night work, paid annual leave and public-holiday entitlements. It also requires notice of working hours, provides limited protection for some zero-hours workers, strengthens inspections and complaints procedures, and replaces older employment and holiday laws, improving health, safety and predictability at work.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the implementation of Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 of the Council of the European Communities concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time, to make provision otherwise in relation to the conditions of employment of employees and the protection of the health and safety of employees, to amend certain enactments relating to employees, to repeal the Conditions of Employment Acts, 1936 and 1944, the Holidays (Employees) Acts, 1973 and 1991, and certain other enactments and to provide for related matters
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- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Second Stage. Seanad
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Committee and Final Stages. Seanad
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Report of Select Committee. Dáil
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Committee Stage (Resumed). Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Second stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Organisation of Working Time Bill, 1996: Second Stage. Dáil